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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Jackson, KY

March 6, 2011Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 6, 2011, 8:54 AM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2011, 8:54 AM EST (13:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2011, 6:49 PM EST
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 15.60 ft at Mar 9, 2011, 12:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Mar 6, 8:40 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 8:40 AM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 5:45 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:40 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 8:09 AM EST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
809 AM EST SUN MAR 06 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     SNOW             PAYNE GAP               37.16N 82.66W
03/06/2011  E0.5 INCH        LETCHER            KY   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED AT STATE LINE FOOD MART.

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ABE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 8:13 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	14 hr
Mar 6, 11:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	35 hr
Mar 6, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	11 hr
Mar 6, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	35 hr
Mar 6, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	27 hr
Mar 6, 12:10 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	65 hr
Mar 6, 2:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	25 hr
Mar 6, 3:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	24 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.